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So I was just about to install Words With Friends on my android phone, but then it popped up with the list of app permissions that the game requires.

Identity - Who I am
Contacts/Calendar - Everyone I know, and/or what my schedule looks like
Location - Where I am/have been
SMS - What I am saying via text (And also send them)
Photos/Media/Files - All the pictures and music on my phone
Wifi connection information - Everything about any wifi access points I connect to
Device ID & call information - What kind of phone I have, and who/when I have called

All I want to do is destroy my coworker with my immense vocabulary, but now I feel like I need to bust out a tinfoil hat just to download the game.

Now I am not so sure, I mean, why does a Scrabble knockoff need to know everything about me? Is that weird, or am I suddenly paranoid?

So my first submission ever was accepted (Including /.) and posted yesterday. Unfortunately, all of the comments were lambasting the actual security of the tool I talked about, being from the DOD, almost everyone mentioned that it probably has backdoors strewn about in every crevice of the OS. They are probably right.

I guess I really just wanted to help SN to have more content without just copying some news article that people have already seen. I suppose I should stick to something I actually know, and try to find something in the astronomy/science field. Oh well, now everyone probably thinks I am a DOD/NSA shill.

BEST FIRST SUBMISSION EVER.